Table 1: Current account of the euro area
(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; working day and seasonally adjusted data)
| Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending |
2010 |
2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2010 | Apr. 2011 | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | ||
| Source: ECB. | |||||||||||||||
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-12.4 |
-52.3 |
-4.8 |
-3.1 |
-3.0 |
-3.1 |
-2.1 |
-2.4 |
-5.6 |
-8.0 |
-5.6 |
-6.5 |
-3.0 |
-5.1 |
|
Memo: as a percentage of GDP |
-0.1 |
-0.6 |
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Credit |
2,345.5 |
2,695.0 |
216.8 |
217.7 |
219.5 |
218.8 |
218.7 |
222.6 |
224.8 |
222.2 |
231.6 |
233.2 |
235.3 |
233.7 |
|
Debit |
2,357.9 |
2,747.3 |
221.7 |
220.8 |
222.5 |
222.0 |
220.8 |
225.0 |
230.4 |
230.1 |
237.2 |
239.7 |
238.3 |
238.8 |
|
Goods |
44.6 |
1.9 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
4.5 |
2.0 |
-1.0 |
-1.0 |
-1.8 |
-1.9 |
1.9 |
-4.1 |
|
Credit (exports) |
1,360.0 |
1,650.6 |
131.2 |
132.0 |
131.0 |
132.1 |
132.5 |
135.9 |
137.0 |
136.0 |
143.5 |
146.9 |
146.4 |
146.3 |
|
Debit (imports) |
1,315.4 |
1,648.7 |
130.4 |
130.2 |
130.9 |
131.4 |
128.0 |
133.8 |
138.0 |
137.0 |
145.3 |
148.8 |
144.5 |
150.4 |
|
Services |
35.4 |
42.7 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
2.9 |
4.9 |
2.6 |
4.2 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
2.7 |
|
Credit (exports) |
479.9 |
523.0 |
42.9 |
43.7 |
43.2 |
42.9 |
43.6 |
42.9 |
45.1 |
42.9 |
44.8 |
42.9 |
44.5 |
43.7 |
|
Debit (imports) |
444.5 |
480.3 |
39.9 |
40.3 |
39.7 |
39.5 |
39.5 |
40.0 |
40.2 |
40.3 |
40.6 |
39.4 |
40.0 |
40.9 |
|
Income |
3.6 |
-2.7 |
-0.7 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
-2.6 |
-0.4 |
-1.9 |
-1.7 |
-0.6 |
-0.1 |
-0.2 |
3.6 |
|
Credit |
416.0 |
428.1 |
35.1 |
35.4 |
37.2 |
36.1 |
34.7 |
35.4 |
34.8 |
35.4 |
35.1 |
35.4 |
37.5 |
36.1 |
|
Debit |
412.4 |
430.8 |
35.8 |
35.3 |
36.0 |
35.3 |
37.3 |
35.8 |
36.8 |
37.1 |
35.7 |
35.5 |
37.7 |
32.5 |
|
Current transfers |
-96.1 |
-94.2 |
-7.9 |
-8.4 |
-7.8 |
-8.0 |
-8.0 |
-6.9 |
-7.6 |
-7.8 |
-7.4 |
-8.0 |
-9.0 |
-7.3 |
|
Credit |
89.6 |
93.3 |
7.7 |
6.6 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
8.5 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
7.1 |
7.6 |
|
Debit |
185.7 |
187.5 |
15.5 |
15.0 |
15.9 |
15.7 |
16.0 |
15.4 |
15.5 |
15.8 |
15.6 |
16.0 |
16.1 |
14.9 |
|